After the failure of “wolf warrior diplomacy, debt trap diplomacy, new form of colonization and Muslim genocide in Xinjiang”, the United States and some allies were in need of a new narrative. A narrative which can help them to undermine China. The US did not disappoint its allies and provided them a new slogan of […]
Israeli protesters lift national flags as they rally in central Tel Aviv, on Feb 11, 2023, against controversial legal reforms being touted by the country's hard-right government. (PHOTO / AFP) JERUSALEM – Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated late Saturday against a controversial government-proposed reform of the country's judicial system, according to Israeli media. Footage […]
Israeli protesters attend a rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new hard-right government in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on Feb 4, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) JERUSALEM – Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated Saturday evening in several cities to protest the government's plan to reform the judicial system. The largest protest is being […]
Protesters gather in front of the Consulate General of Sweden in Istanbul on Jan 22, 2023, after Rasmus Paludan, leader of Danish political party Hard Line and who also has Swedish citizenship burned a copy of the Quran near the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm. (PHOTO / AFP) ISTANBUL – Germany and Italy have joined the […]
In this file photo on Jan 11, 2023, Turkish anti riot police surround Istanbul's courthouse before an adress of doctors who protest before the trial of the head of Turkey's main medical union, Sebnem Korur Fincanci, on "terror" charges takes place. ANKARA – Türkiye has raised its security measures to highest level against possible Islamic […]
In this file photo on Jan 11, 2023, Turkish anti riot police surround Istanbul's courthouse before an adress of doctors who protest before the trial of the head of Turkey's main medical union, Sebnem Korur Fincanci, on "terror" charges takes place. ANKARA – Türkiye has raised its security measures to highest level against possible Islamic […]
In this Jan 29, 2023 photo, a woman holds a copy of the Koran during a protest following the burning of the Koran in Stockholm, in Istanbul, Turkey. The US embassy in Turkey warned Americans on Monday of possible attacks against churches, synagogues, and diplomatic missions in Istanbul. (PHOTO / REUTERS) ISTANBUL – The US […]
Editor's note: As the world's two largest economies, China and the US are at critical stages of development. Faced with multiple challenges, China and the US need to increase communication and cooperation, and shoulder their share of international responsibilities, and work together to advance the noble cause of world peace and development. Four experts share […]
European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell gives a statement at the EU headquarters EEAS building in Brussels on Aug18, 2022. (JOHN THYS / AFP) BRUSSELS / TEHERAN – The European Union cannot list Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist entity until an EU court has determined that they are, […]
Israeli protesters attend a rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new hard-right government in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on Jan 21, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) JERUSALEM – Tens of thousands of Israelis rallied in several cities on Saturday evening to voice their dissatisfaction over the government's plan to make sweeping reforms in […]
Israeli left wing protesters attend a rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new hard-right government in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on Jan 14, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) JERUSALEM – Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in different Israeli cities on Saturday evening to protest the new government's plan to implement widespread reforms […]
This undated handout file picture provided by Khabar Online news agency shows former Iranian deputy of defense minister Alireza Akbari, a British-Iranian national, during an interview in Tehran. (KHABAR ONLINE / AFP) TEHRAN – Former Iranian deputy defense minister Alireza Akbari was executed on charges of "espionage against the country," the Mizan news agency of […]
Turkish President and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during his party's group meeting at the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara on Feb 10, 2021. (ADEM ALTAN / AFP) ANKARA – Türkiye's Foreign Ministry on Thursday summoned Swedish Ambassador Staffan Herrstrom to protest the "terror propaganda" against […]
The election of the speaker of the US House of Representatives has attracted global attention after rounds of voting failed to deliver. Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy finally finished off the race by barely meeting the threshold after 15 rounds of voting spread across five days, marking the longest election of the same kind in 164 […]
A detailed analysis of China's efforts and innovative medical actions shows that the Chinese leadership has left no stone unturned to safeguard people's lives and health in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has disrupted the socioeconomic structures of economies around the world, highlighting the importance of paramedical staff and resources. Even in […]
In a recent column published in this paper, attention was drawn to the unfair and unpleasant discrimination exhibited in Hong Kong toward some mainland residents (Discrimination Against Mainland Chinese Must End, Sept 29). It is ironic that such unfair discrimination should be directed at members of the same ethnic group — Chinese — when discrimination […]
Resilient and determined nation’s war against global pandemic deserves applause An elderly woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot at a community in Beijing's Haidian district on March 14, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) The world needs to applaud China’s dynamic zero-COVID measures. As the saying goes, “Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.” China, having […]
British soldiers are pictured at the scene of a suicide attack on a European Union police vehicle along the Kabul-Jalalabad road in Kabul on Jan 5, 2015. (WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP) LONDON – Britain's defense ministry announced on Thursday an inquiry into allegations that its special forces carried out dozens of extrajudicial killings during night […]
A smartphone with a Google app icon is seen in front of the displayed Australian flag in this illustration, Jan 22, 2021. (DADO RUVIC / REUTERS) Australia's competition regulator said on Friday its lawsuit against Alphabet Inc's Google that alleged consumers were misled about expanded use of personal data for targeted advertising had been dismissed […]
There does not seem to be much publicity for the upcoming International Anti-Corruption Day. On Oct 31, 2003, the United Nations General Assembly, while adopting the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), designated Dec 9 as International Anti-Corruption Day. The purpose is to raise public awareness of the nefarious effects of corruption and of the […]
With QUAD and maybe JAUKUS, Japan is anxious to recruit us (in Australia) and others as spear carriers against China. The anti-China cause is long standing in Japan. China suffered greatly at the hands of the brutal Japanese military in the 1930s and the 1940s. Twenty million Chinese died and a large part of the […]
In this file handout image made available by the Turkish Ministry of Defense Press Office on June 17, 2020, Turkish Minister of Defense Hulusi Akar looks at a map with members of the Turkish Armed Forces Command during a meeting at the Army Command Control Center in Ankara during the military operation dubbed "Claw-Tiger" on […]
The well-known American columnist Thomas L Friedman wrote an article in The New York Times on Nov 1, 2022, bearing the title How China Lost America. Susan L Shirk, an American scholar and former deputy assistant secretary of state, is at pains to explain why “China lost the West” in her new book Overreach: How […]
The meeting between President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden on Monday, a day before the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, has sent a positive signal to the world which was deeply worried about the free fall of the most consequential bilateral relations of the 21st century. High-level communication, especially among leaders of major […]
In this photo released on Aug 11, 2022 by the Iranian foreign ministry, ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani speaks in Tehran, Iran. (IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY VIA AP) TEHRAN / BRUSSELS – The Iranian foreign ministry on Tuesday strongly condemned the latest EU and British sanctions against Iranian individuals and organizations. Nasser Kanaani, the ministry spokesman, said […]
Syrian Kurds protest against Türkiye and in solidarity with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), in the Kurdish-held city of Qamishli, on Nov 13, 2022. (DELIL SOULEIMAN / AFP) ANKARA – Türkiye plans to pursue targets in northern Syria after it completes a cross-border operation against outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in Iraq, a senior official […]
Policemen stand guard during an anti-government protest rally by demonstrators demanding the release of the university students' leaders and against spiralling cost of living, in Colombo on Nov 2, 2022. (ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP) COLOMBO – Hundreds of people marched in Sri Lanka's largest city Colombo on Wednesday protesting against higher taxes, inflation and […]
The Western media spread unblushing falsehoods once again. Shortly before and after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, some of the leading Western editorials contained several outrageous slurs against China. For example, an editorial of The Economist recently lambasted China for being “more isolated, inward looking, … and could become even […]
TEHRAN – A total of 120 cyberattacks were launched against Iran's infrastructure in the past 15 days, an adviser to the head of Iran's Civil Defense Organization said on Saturday. The majority of the attacks targeted service networks in an effort to cause public dissatisfaction, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency quoted Ali Akbar Shahverdian as […]
The United States has continued undermining the already frigid Sino-US relationship, with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's provocative visit to Taiwan on Aug 2 and the passing of the "Taiwan Policy Act of 2022", which challenges China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, by the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, causing immense damage to bilateral ties. It's […]